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Federal judge blocks Trump from swiftly deporting immigrants granted parole The decision could present a major hurdle for the Trump administration and bar federal immigration officers from summarily deporting hundreds of thousands of people.

"Federal judge blocks Trump from swiftly deporting immigrants granted parole"

The decision could present a major hurdle for the Trump admin & bar federal immigration officers from summarily deporting hundreds of thousands

I talked to the @washingtonpost.com about yesterday's ruling

Ninth Circuit Court Denies Stay in L.A. Raids Case Decision leaves temporary order in place, barring DHS from unlawful stop practices

"This decision is further confirmation that the administration's paramilitary invasion of Los Angeles violated the Constitution and caused irreparable injury across the region."

More on our win from this evening: www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel...

How Trump Made One of the Most Controversial Post-9/11 Policies the New Normal Thousands of other people are going to get put into detention of indeterminate length with far less recourse, which could stretch years.

For @slate.com, I wrote about one dimension of the totalizing Trump/Miller immigration crackdown that's not getting enough notice, which is that they're moving to make indefinite detention — with no release dates and few options to get out — a norm

Here is one of ~50 cases we documented of federal agents--usually masked and unidentified--smashing car windows to grab the person inside.

“She is pregnant!” a man screamed, as his citizen wife sat, terrified

The agents break three windows and grab the man

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act handed ICE $45 billion to expand ICE detention.

A rural hospital costs ~$80-120 million each year. The amount handed to ICE is enough to run 50 rural hospitals for more than a decade.

“According to the post, Kim spent more than seven days at an SFO detention center without daylight, sleeping in a chair and having no access to an attorney.”

ICE just dropped updated detention statistics through July 27.

ICE reports detaining a total of 56,945 on that date.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

Just days ago, Relevant Research released DetentionReports.com and already news outlets are finding it to be a powerful tool for reporting and transparency. 👀 Congrats to Adam & Sunita for getting this done!

Learn more at: austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-tool-d...

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a…

Officers who shatter car windows aren’t being disciplined — they’re being promoted.

One ICE official who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter now has a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.

Immigration twitter question: where have ICE body cameras been deployed? (I know a fair bit about CBP body cams, much less about ICE)

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

Citizens, crying kids, pregnant women, people who aren't the target...it doesn't seem to matter who's inside the car when immigration officers want to make an arrest. They smash the window anyway

@mckenziefunk.com & I tracked these arrests all over the U.S. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

I've studied the immigration enforcement system for 15 years. Democrats may express outrage at Republicans over Trump's immigration policies now, but the truth about who to blame is much more complicated.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-immigr...

Woman who died of heart disease in ICE custody reportedly told son she wasn't allowed to see doctor for chest pains Questions about the death of Marie Blaise at a South Florida ICE detention center have lingered since she collapsed in April.

Latest: I got the medical examiner report on Marie Blaise, who died of a heart attack in ICE custody

Blaise's son told an investigator that he spoke with her on the phone the day of her death, and she complained of chest pains and said staff wouldn't let her see a doctor reason.com/2025/07/30/w...

YouTube video by ProPublica Beatings, Humiliation, Psychological Abuse: What Venezuelan Men Experienced Inside CECOT

Watch three of the more than 230 men the Trump administration sent to #ElSalvador talk about the moment they arrived at #CECOT, how they say the guards tortured them and beat them daily: youtu.be/6KZRtCE2UcI from ‪@g-dvalle.bsky.social‬ and the entire team @propublica.org‬ and in Venezuela.

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

NEW: We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration.

Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.

All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.

“I am not prepared today to say definitively what our position is” in relation to the 287(g) authority question, said Nick Meros, an attorney representing the DeSantis administration. “We certainly have an idea, but I need to confirm that.”

Lawyers representing the Florida governor seem to not know who runs the Everglades detention center.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Maryland members of Congress denied tour of Baltimore ICE detention site A half-dozen Maryland members of Congress were denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation.

A half-dozen Maryland Congress members Monday were unlawfully denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

The top section of DetentionReports.com. Example is Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility.

My colleagues and I from @relevantresearch.bsky.social have developed a tool that provides updated ICE detention population estimates for facilities in the US and territories.

Introducing DetentionReports.com

Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals

NEW: Border patrol made false claims about Los Angeles protesters it jailed, misrepresenting basic facts of events that were filmed. I obtained records of officers acknowledging + "apologizing" for errors

The DOJ is now dismissing cases, an embarrassment for Trump-appointed US attorney Bill Essayli

NEW: The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Did Border Patrol commit an ‘egregious violation’ in Sacramento immigration arrests? The operation appears to directly violate a court injunction issued in April to require warrants by Border Patrol, according to two law professors.

Did Border Patrol commit an ‘egregious violation’ of UFW injunction in Sacramento arrests?

www.sacbee.com/news/califor...

Border agent charged with child sex trafficking, fraud in Cochise County A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on 24 felony charges, the latest in a series of sexual-misconduct convictions or charges against CBP employees in Arizona.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent Bart Yager, of Willcox, has been indicted on 24 felony charges, including 10 counts of child sex trafficking. He's the 4th in a series of CBP agents and officers in Arizona to be arrested on sexual misconduct charges in the last 4 years. tucson.com/news/local/s...

From yesterday. The number of people at that facility in the Everglades should have been reported.

A sister as well as a friend of Neri Alvarado Borges confirm that he is now back in Venezuela.

Neri's wrongful imprisonment attracted international attention. He is the 25-year-old with an autism awareness ribbon tattooed on his leg. This is him leaving the plane.

‘There is no sanctuary anywhere:’ Border Patrol raids come to California’s capital The Border Patrol began conducting operations in Sacramento on Thursday, less than a week after a judge halted its wide-ranging LA raids.

“‘There is no sanctuary city. Sacramento is not a sanctuary city. The state of California is not a sanctuary state. There is no sanctuary anywhere,’” the El Centro sector’s chief patrol agent said. calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Thread re CECOT prisoner exchange: bsky.app/profile/krha...

Immigration court felt like a murderous reality show today.

The judge granted two gentlemen asylum hearings in 2029. But it was all a sham—They were abducted by ICE before they left the building.

There is more the City & the State must do. We cannot allow the rule of law to be eroded case by case.

This happened this morning in Sacramento in a Home Depot parking lot.

No one should fear for their lives when going to work or just existing in their own community. Violent tactics put everyone at risk, especially when carried out with no regard for constitutional rights, safety or basic dignity.

🚨 NEW: Both @bloomberg.com and @reuters.com are reporting that the United States is in the process of completing a prisoner swap, deporting all or potentially nearly all of the Venezuelans imprisoned in CECOT to Venezuela in exchange for American political prisoners.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...

El Salvador to send detained Venezuelans to Caracas in exchange for Americans held in Venezuela, sources say El Salvador's government will send detained Venezuelans to Caracas in exchange for Americans held in Venezuela, two U.S. government officials told Reuters on Friday.

"One of the officials said El Salvador would send 238 Venezuelans held in its maximum security CECOT prison to Caracas and that the Venezuelan government would release five U.S. citizens and five permanent residents to U.S. custody."